Spraying device



y 16, 1940- R. BERNHARDT SPRAYING DEVICE Filed Feb. 20, 1939 INVENTOR.

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fatented July 16, 1946 UNITED esur OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to spraying devices such as commonly used for manual spraying, as for spraying clothes for ironing or other uses.

The objects of the invention are to improve and simplify the construction and operation of devices of this kind whereby they may be made at a low cost and will be effective and convenient in operation; to provide a manually operable sprayer which may be held and operated with one hand, having a handle formed in a desirable shape for supporting the spray pump and container and operating the same; to provide a guide for the reciprocating nozzle of a sprayer of the kind indicated; and to provide such other advantages and novel features as will be described more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention,

Figure 1 is a side View of the supporting and operating portion of the sprayer embodying this invention;

Figure 2 is a front view of the same;

Figure 3 is a plan view; and

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view.

As shown in the drawing, the cap 5 is one adapted to be applied to a container, preferably being screwed thereon in the usual manner. This cap has a center sleeve 6 forming a bearing for the reciprocable hollow piston rod or discharge tube 1. The piston rod coacts with a piston 8 which is supported on the bottom of the container and the piston is raised by means of a spring (not shown) in the manner common to such devices. The piston rod is bent to provide a downwardly and forwardly curved discharge portion 9 having a discharge nozzle Ill. The pump is operated by means of a thumb piece II on the rod 1. The handle I2 is preferably formed of a single strip of sheet metal and has a straight horizontal portion I 3 which engages with the top of the cap and which may be secured thereto in any desired manner. However for convenience in construction the tube 6 is used for fastening these parts together. A bead M engages with the inner por- 45 riveted over as shown in IE to engage with the handle which is thereby held rotatably on the cap.

One portion of the handle extends upwardly and then back over the straight portion i3 in a generally parallel direction. to form a hand-hold Hi. This portion is curved transversely to form a comfortable grip and has a downwardly extending protuberance or embossment H with a hole l8 through which the hollow piston rod 1 extends. The end of the portion I6 is bent downtion of the cap and the outer end of the tube is wardly as shown at I9 to engage with the upwardly extending portion 20 and is spot-welded or otherwise secured thereto. This forms a generally rectangular loop having one end of the grip portion shaped to receive the first finger of 5 the operator and the other end of the loop shaped to receive the remaining fingers. The projection l'l tends to keep the first and second fingers separated so that they will not interfere with the operation of the piston rod. When the handle 10 is grasped by the fingers in the manner indicated the thumb will readily engage with the thumb piece I l for operating the pump.

Heretofore with some of the commercial forms of devices of this kind the piston rod has been free to turn with respect to the handle so that some care was necessary to properly position the spray nozzle to direct the spray on the work and also to hold it in this position. In order to overcome such objections I provide a guide for holding the discharge nozzle in relatively fixed position with respect to the handle, or so that it will not rotate. For this purpose a branch 2! of the handle strip extends upwardly and forwardly as shown and is provided with a slot 22 through 25 which the discharge portion 9 extends, thus forming a guide or keeper for the discharge nozzle.

The operation of the device will be obvious to those familiar with such Sprayers.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a spraying device, the combination of a cap, a handle engaging with said cap, a tubular bearing extending through the cap and handle and having annular projections to hold said parts together, a pump having a reciprocable discharge pipe extending through said bearing, said handle being of generally rectangular loop form, the upper portion of the same being curved to provide a hand-hold and having an opening therethrough for the discharge pipe and having a projection around the pipe to prevent the fingers from engaging therewith, said pipe having a lateral discharge portion and a keeper projecting upwardly from the handle and engaging with said portion to prevent the rotation of the pipe with respect to the handle.

2. In a spraying device, the combination of a spray pump having a reciprocable discharge pipe with a discharge portion extending laterally a substantial distance from the axis of the pipe, a thumb piece on the pipe for reciprocating the same, a cap having a bearing therein for said pipe,

a handle engaging with said cap, means for securing the handle to the cap, said handle extending both ways from the pipe and having the upper portion shaped to receive one finger on one side of the pipe and the others on the opposite side of the pipe with the thumb in position to operate the pump, and a projection on the handle extending upwardly and having a slot through which the discharge portion of the pipe extends and providing a keeper therefor to prevent rotation of the pipe.

3. In a spraying device, the'combination of a receptacle having a cap, a handle secured to said cap, a bearing in said cap, a pump having a re- 

